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Thursday, April 20, 2017

Cairo and Riyadh : What is really behind Asiri's statements !!

Usually, the military spokespersons are very specific and careful about what they say. After all , they represent their armies as well their governments or regimes.
On Sunday , a video clip went viral in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It started in the Kingdom before reaching Egypt's social media realm causing anger and astonishment.

In an interview with Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya News General manager and prominent journalist Turki Aldakhil on Sunday, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen official spokesperson Major General Ahmed Asiri spoke mainly about the coalition and its start in 2015 and its progress.

In a 45-second video clip, Asiri speaks about President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and howhe offered to send between 30,000-40,000 soldiers as ground forces in Yemen.

Asiri speaks about El-Sisi's alleged offer

Here is what was said translated into English:

Turki Adakhil : Egypt offered the coalition .... Ahmed Asiri : Yes, it is well known that his excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi offered the Saudi government and the coalition that the Egyptian government government would send ground troops on ground but the "methodology" then "and I mentioned that several times before" did not demand having non-Yemeni forces in Yemen.; Why ? Because Yemenis should first defend their land and their freedom Turki Adakhil : and the Egyptian forces ?Ahmed Asiri :Now the Egyptian forces are participating with Navy and air forces but at that time we were speaking about number 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers Turki Adakhil : ground forces ? Ahmed Asiri : Yes , ground forces in addition to Saudi forces on the borders as well the other forces that would join for a ground operation.

On Tuesday, Major General Asiri retracted what he said.
He claimed that he was not referring to Egypt's Participation in the ongoing Yemen war but rather to Sisi's failed Joint Arab force project that was suggested at the Arab summit in Sharm El-Sheikh in March 2015.
He said in statements to Al-Arabiya that Egypt offered 40,000 ground forces to join that joint Arab forces that never saw the light.
That's why I translated the whole clip. Asiri was specific in what he said about Egypt in the Yemen war.
Saudi officials like Asiri and media figures like Aldakhil do not speak of their minds easily or make mistakes like this easily.

I totally do not understand why he would say that and then he retracted.
This is more than interesting because it seems to the whole world that aside from Tiran and Sanafir saga and Muslim Brotherhood reconciliation with the state, the level of Egypt's military participation in the ongoing war in Yemen is among the main points of disagreement between the Egyptian and Saudi regime.
It is not a big secret but all media reports speak on how Saudi Arabia and UAE were unsatisfied with the level of Egypt's participation in the coalition and wanted Egyptian boots on the Yemeni ground but Sisi and his administration refuse it.
Sisi knows very well how the Egyptian public looks to Yemen war in the 1960s as our own Vietnam war.

WRONG..WRONG..WRONG/EGYPT NEVER SLEPT OR SLEEPS OR WILL EVER SLEEP WITH NO WORLD POWER-S!!..Egypt with its 1952 revolution woken-up the whole Arab-world,as a matter of fact the whole ORIENT? as some were dosing for centuries,that's why those who see in IT a power/force/that's hard to tackle or bring under their wings,and try to CONTROL IT? Yes in ancient HISTORY QUEEN CLEOPATRA did try to seduce Roman JULIUS Caesar for HER love of Egypt,and to avoid ITS destruction,also fell in love with Roman-Army's MARK ANTONY..and the whole thing ended in tragic final>ee?! ..But all that happened ,once, and almost 3 Millenniums ago?...Since.., Egypt carried on leading the region for many many many centuries ,even though She endured lots of ups and downs but always came TOPS!!...Invaded/conquered over many times..but always She was renowned as AL CAHEERAH>(CAIRO)the VICTORIOUS capital city in history...No blemish or stains found on HER history pages..DIGNITY & PRIDE>>INTACT>as Always!!.GOD Almighty FORBID> if Egypt catches the cold...Even once,the whole region will never recover from the Flu(Metaphorically assuming that is!),So let us all around >IT<do all we could to keep the WARMTH OF UNITY that it PROVIDED us all with,& for millenniums past!,PLEASE let us not judge things.. on spontaneous basis,Egypt is going through difficult patches made by WORLD POLITICS, as the whole surroundings ARE, once a ever sy Now & Then things do get out of hand and WILL..UNFORTUNATELY,BUT recovery is in waiting TOO,patience is a virtue/ so, instead of cursing the darkness..let us lit a CANDLE?//Regards from:Is-Hak Barsoumian/London

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